Re: How can i make a wireless connection in the command line?

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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:55:15 -0500
"Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Chris wrote:
> > 
> > Shouldn't the Op be able to do something like this?
> > 
> > ifconfig wi0 ssid Skippy wepmode on wepkey
> > 0x01122334455667788aabbccddee
> > 
> > When I ran FreeBSD - this is how I setup my lappy.
> > 
> As far as I know, the version of ifconfig used by Linux does not
> understand wireless extensions. So you would need to use iwconfig
> instead. You also have to specify the correct interface name for
> iwconfig. Something like:
> 
> iwconfig eth0 essid Skippy mode managed key
> 01122334455667788aabbccddee
> 
> or
> 
> iwconfig wlan0 essid Skippy mode managed key restricted
> 01122334455667788aabbccddee
> 
> Mikkel

Ahh - gotcha. Thanks for setting me straight on that Mikkel.

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Chris
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